Shortcuts

• Eyedropper

  Right Mouse Button, or Alt + Mouse
• Hand Tool

  Middle Mouse Button, or Space + Mouse
• Hand Tool

  Arrow keys
• Zoom

  Scroll, or hold Z + drag horizontally
• Zoom

  + in, - out
• Rotate View

  Hold R and drag (+ Shift for snapping)
• Rotate View

  Hold R and press ← or →
• Fit Into View

  Double click while using Hand Tool, or Home
• Reset View

  End
• Undo

  Ctrl + Z or ⌘ + Z
• Redo

  Ctrl + Y or ⌘ + Y
• HUD Color Picker

  Ctrl + Alt or ⌘ + Alt
• Line Tool

  Hold Shift while drawing
• Change Brushsize

  [ decrease, ] increase
• Save Image

  Ctrl + S or ⌘ + S
• Copy to Clipboard

  Ctrl + C or ⌘ + C
• Paste from Clipboard

  Ctrl + V or ⌘ + V
• Swap color

  X
• Paint Bucket

  G
• Text Tool

  T
• Last Brush

  B
• Eraser

  E
• Clear Layer

  Delete or Backspace
• Fill Layer

  Enter
• Relative Sliding

  Drag with Right Mouse Button
• Relative Sliding

  Scroll-Wheel
• Finegrained Sliding

  Pull pointer away vertically

Touch

• Hand Tool

  Drag/pinch/twist with 2 fingers
• Fit Into View

  Double tap with 1 finger
• Undo

  Tap with 2 fingers
• Redo

  Tap with 3 fingers

Importing Images

Import images from your Desktop by dragging them onto the canvas. You can then use them as a new layer or start a new image with them. Alternatively use File > Import.

Supported Filetypes:
JPEG, PNG, PSD (as a single layer), (SVG, WEBP, BMP, GIF)

Saving Your Image

Click on File then Save. This saves the drawing on your device (usually under Downloads).

Permanently store your work this way.

Browser Storage

This stores the current state of your image locally inside your browser. It also keeps all of the layers intact. When you reopen Kleki at a later time, it will automatically load the image.

Important:
- The browser may delete your image unprompted, depending on disk space and settings
- Kleki does not autosave, so you need to manually click Store
- Stores 1 image at a time. Pressing Store again, will overwrite the last image.

Use Save for permanent storage.

Pressure Sensitivity

If you use a stylus (Wacom tablet, Apple Pencil, ...) and your browser supports it, then Kleki offers pressure sensitivity. You can toggle it next to the brush sliders. That way your pen pressure can affect brush size and opacity.

Input Devices

It is recommended to use a pen/stylus for drawing because it is by far the most fun, fast, and expressive tool for drawing. Touchpads/trackpads aren't suited too well for this task.

Use zoom and the stabilizer to increase the precision of your linework with any input device.

Stabilizer

Stabilization makes it easier to control your lines by lagging behind and averaging your drawing motion. This is mostly used to create clean final lineart. It can also help making drawing easier in general when you only have a mouse.

The responsiveness of no stabilization is desirable for fast sketching, or for large brush sizes, where jitter is less visible.

iPad is stuck zoomed in

Due to a bug in iPadOS 13, you can end up stuck zoomed in after double-tapping.
How to fix it:
- Tap on AA in the address bar
- Tap the left A once, then the right once
- Rotate your iPad 90° and wait for the orientation to change
- Rotate your iPad back into the original position and wait for the orientation to change

Now it should be back to normal.

Video Tutorials

YouTube - A drawing with depth of field

YouTube - Isaac Lundgren - Digital Painting Lesson for Kids at Home!

YouTube - Isaac Lundgren - Desert Landscape

YouTube - Christine Caswell - How to use layers

YouTube - Toni Hauri - Digital Shading Exercises #4

YouTube - Casting a Shadow

YouTube - Colored Lineart

YouTube - Symmetry Painting

YouTube - Playing with a photo

YouTube - Playing with a photo 2

YouTube - Moon Illustration